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Diabetic Ketoacidosis | Pediatrics

This video describes the pathophysiology, clinical features and management of diabetic ketoacidosis in children.

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40 comments

  1. Learning Pediatrics

    In severe DKA, always start regular insulin infusion at the rate of 0.1 IU/kg/hour AFTER bolus fluid 20 ml/kg NS or RL over one hour . When child is improving ( signs of acidosis are decreased) usually after 6-12 hours, then taper regular insulin infusion from 0.1 to 0.05 IU/kg/hour.

    In less than 4 years age children with mild to moderate DKA, we can start regular insulin infusion 0.05 IU/kg/hour after bolus fluid.

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  2. Gohar Fatima

    Ma’am how have you calculated regular insulin infusion rate i.e. 2.08ml/hour?
    Plus do we always dilute the regular insulin in 50 ml NS? Please clear my queries ma’am, I’ll be highly obliged 🙂

    1. Learning Pediatrics

      Hello Fatima,

      50 ml ➗ 24 hours =2.08 ml/hour.

      No, it’s not necessary to dilute in 50 ml fluid. But it’s easy to use 50 ml syringe in syringe pump, so we generally do this.

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